The War With Hitler's Navy [Hardcover]

As this well researched work reveals, Hitlers handling the German Navy during the Second World War was full of contradictions.The seriousness of the U-boat threat was never in doubt and in the dark days of 1940  1942, the Donitzs daring strategy coupled with the courage and determined actions of the captains and crews became perilously close to starving Britain into submission.But, despite having built and nurtured a surface fleet with capital ships of formidable power, Hitler was uncharacteristically cautious of employing them aggressively. Examination of the reasons for this make for fascinating reading, possibly stemming from the early loss of the Graf Spee and the fact that, whenever possible, the Royal Navy threw all its weight regardless of cost at the Nazi threat; the loss of the Hood in the pursuit of the Bismarck being one example. Even Goebbels could not spin the loss of a battleship.The War Against Hitlers Navy describes in fascinating detail the many fronts on which the adversaries faced each other and analyzes the reasons for the ultimate outcome.As this well researched work reveals, Hitlers handling the German Navy during the Second World War was full of contradictions.A well-researched and comprehensive account of the 2nd World War at sea against Germany.Covers both surface actions and the U-boat war.Detailed descriptions of major naval engagements.Written by published author and naval expert.The author takes a wide-ranging view of the fight against the German Navy in World War II&giving details of the engagements with clear writing and useful detail.GB